In this study, 60 pairs of Ss were randomly selected and individually matched on age, sex, grade equivalence, and birth order. The seven null hypotheses dealt with culture, sex, birth order, and their interactions. The main self-rating scales employed were the IPAT Anxiety Scale and the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. (Author/EK)

The behavior of young and adolescent male children from homes without fathers was compared to comparable groups of children from intact homes. Teachers reported no difference in academic and extracurricular participation and performance. It was concluded that, in general, the behavior of children with and without fathers is not appreciably…

The effectiveness of four methods of group psychotherapy was compared: interpretive there-and-then, interpretive here-and-now, these treatments in combination, and problem discussion (attention placebo). Clients' experiences were less consistently positive in the here-and-now group and tended to be more consistently positive in the combined group…

Counselor attractiveness, subject self-esteem, and subject receipt of test performance feedback were manipulated in a counseling analogue experiment. The results demonstrated no relationship between the independent variables and counselor influence, although the experimental induction of attractiveness was successful. Implications for a theory of…

Provides a perspective on plant breeding through the presentation of three case histories from the United Kingdom, Africa, and the world-wise "Green Revolution." (PEB)

Reports the results of a survey sent to graduates from 1953-1970 to determine their background, professional development and interests, and their concerns about training. Concludes that separate doctoral programs appear to be an efficacious way to ensure orientation, commitment, and training for the application of psychology to school problems.…

Career orientation of college women was studied through examination of type of major chosen and attitudes influencing career decisions. Subjects were senior university students. Study points out differences between women choosing occupations such as teaching and those choosing careers in science. (EK)

University faculty members were asked to rate the overall desirability of a number of descriptions of student behavior. Results indicated that some important differences exist among colleges within a large university with respect to the student behavior valued by faculty. (Author)

The present study stems from the concern that recent employment trends among scientists will result in a drop in the ability of students entering scientific fields. In an attempt to provide some indication of whether such is the case, the history files of the Graduate Record Examinations were used to construct a history of aptitude test statistics…

This research paper examines the meaningfulness of sex differences in the Allport, Vernon and Lindzey (AVL) Study of Values Scale and in selected scales of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII), using somewhat diverse groups of men and women. By comparing men's and women's scores on the two measures, it was found that little accuracy in…

Beginning with a section discussing work and work roles, this paper describes a study conducted in Australia among 800 14-year-old adolescents. Its purpose was to investigate the following questions: (1) what are the value orientations behind students' occupational choices? (2) what influences are there which will affect students' choices? (3)…

This volume cumulates the indexes that appear in the six bimonthly issues of "Resources in Vocational Education," volume 10, numbers 1 through 6 during 1977. This cumulation is intended to be a companion volume to the individual issues of "Resources in Vocational Education," which contain the complete resumes of research,…

The effects of the sex of the respondent and of the sexual history of the victim on reactions to rape victims were examined. Newspaper accounts described a rape and related some of the victim's testimony at the trial of the accused rapist. The victim's testimony was varied as follows: no information on her sexual history, information on sexual…

Picture stimuli depicting females and males working together were shown to college students by either a male or a female experimenter. Subjects' responses to the pictures were assessed using standard need achievement scoring. A significant interaction was obtained between sex of subject and sex of experimenter, such that higher need achievement…

Videotaped vignettes of two 35-year old women and two 20-year old women who portrayed problems about the fear of rape, existential anxiety, choice of a college major in social work, or choice of a college major in engineering were shown to 88 male/female counselors. Results indicated that the two personal-social problems were rated as more serious…